>> thank you, everybody. thank you for watching. please give conan as much applause as you've given me. >> behind the scenes, tumultuous. the network doesn't want to lose jay to a competitor. >> because he's number one. >> nbc's solution? give jay a show in primetime to save the network the higher cost in producing scripted dramas and keep leno in the fold. >> it's a sound move, but for jay, it was not sound, because he was doing something weird. it was not something the audience had ever seen before. >> we've been off the air for three months, or as most people in hollywood call that, rehab. >> his show premieres in september of 2009. >> the government giving money for their old cars, i made $5